| Meaning | The general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time. |
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| Example | "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about" |
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| Synonym | situation |
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| Narrower | absurd, the absurd | A situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless |
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| acceptance | The state of being acceptable and accepted |
| ballgame, new ballgame | A particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation |
| challenge | A demanding or stimulating situation |
| childlessness | The condition of being without offspring |
| complication | A situation or condition that is complex or confused / confused |
| crowding | A situation in which people or things are crowded together |
| disequilibrium | Loss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable / unstable situation in which some forces outweigh others |
| element | The situation in which you are happiest and most effective |
| environment | The totality of surrounding conditions |
| equilibrium | A stable situation in which forces cancel one another |
| exclusion | The state of being excluded |
| goldfish bowl, fish bowl, fishbowl | A state of affairs in which you have no privacy |
| hotbed | A situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad / bad) |
| inclusion | The state of being included |
| intestacy | The situation of being or dying without a legally valid will |
| picture, scene | A situation treated as an observable object |
| prison, prison house | A prisonlike situation |
| rejection | The state of being rejected |
| size, size of it | The actual state of affairs |
| square one | The situation in which you begin an endeavor / endeavor and to which you return if your efforts fail |
| status quo | The existing state of affairs |
| thing | A special situation |
| Broader | state | The way something is with respect to its main attributes |
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| Spanish | estado, situación |
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| Catalan | situació |
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